Conviva is the experience analytics platform for AI agents, apps, and streaming. Conviva pioneered quality of experience measurement for streaming video and has supported live digital experiences across 20 Super Bowls, 10 Olympic Games, and five FIFA World Cup tournaments. With full-census, real-time, stateful analytics, Conviva shows what consumers actually experience, not just whether systems are running, and connects that experience to revenue, retention, and risk.
We're looking for a Strategic Finance Manager to join our team. This person will help set the bar for financial AI acumen and strategy for the finance org: an engineer and builder on tooling and process, comfortable deep in the detail and able to zoom out to strategy when it matters. We're a fast-paced environment, so if you own your planning and reporting stack end to end, know how to be a strategic business partner, and love pushing Finance ahead for what's possible, we want to talk to you.
This is an individual contributor role, reporting to the Head of Finance.
What You Get to Do:
- Own our financial planning and reporting stack end to end (implementation, model architecture, integrations, permissions, and ongoing admin) so Finance and business partners trust a single source of truth.
- Use AI tools to compress your own analysis, modeling, and commentary work without cutting corners on accuracy.
- Partner with functional leaders on headcount, capacity, pipeline, and investment decisions. Challenge assumptions and drive better outcomes, not just compile packs.
- Own the annual operating plan, forecasts, and scenario models that leadership uses to run the business.
- Build and maintain board, executive, and departmental reporting: ARR, retention, gross margin, burn/runway, and the SaaS metrics that matter.
- Lead month-end FP&A close support: variance analysis, commentary, and flash reporting that explains the why, not just the what.
- Build and re-engineer processes with automation that free the team from spreadsheet grind and raise the quality of decisions.
- Support corporate finance activities: fundraising, board materials, investor relations, and ad-hoc strategic analysis as needed.
What You Bring to the Role:
- Bachelor's degree and 7+ years in strategic finance / FP&A. Track record of bringing impact, ownership, and builder instincts.
- Proven ownership of a planning / EPM / reporting platform end to end (e.g. Aleph and similar next-gen AI planning/reporting tools, Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive/Workday Adaptive Planning, Cube, Mosaic, or similar). You design, build, and administer; you don't just consume reports.
- You've already used AI tools to compress analysis, modeling, or commentary work, and you won't cut corners on accuracy to get there.
- Hands-on SaaS or B2B software FP&A experience: ARR/NRR, deferred revenue, cohort/retention thinking, headcount and opex planning.
- Advanced Excel (and ideally SQL or a BI tool such as Tableau / Looker / Power BI). Comfortable in NetSuite or a comparable ERP as a consumer and partner to Accounting.
- Business partnership instincts: you've sat with GMs or functional leaders, pushed back on plans, and left them with clearer decisions.
- Proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced, start-up environment, prioritize across multiple assignments, and learn quickly.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, and a high standard of confidentiality and discretion handling financial and people data.
This role is based in our Foster City, CA office five days a week. The expected salary for this full-time position is $160,000 to $200,000 + equity + benefits. Actual level and compensation are determined by qualifications, professional background, and relevant experience.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 7+ years of experience in strategic finance or FP&A
- Experience owning a planning, EPM, or reporting platform end to end
- Experience using AI tools for analysis, modeling, or commentary
- Hands-on SaaS or B2B software FP&A experience
- Experience with ARR, NRR, deferred revenue, cohort or retention analysis, headcount planning, and operating expense planning
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP
- Experience partnering with business leaders and challenging financial plans
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced startup environment
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Confidentiality and discretion handling financial and people data
- SQL or experience with a business intelligence tool such as Tableau, Looker, or Power BI
What We Do
The Conviva Operational Data Platform is the first and only real-time stateful monitoring and analytics platform on the market empowering companies to perform real-time optimization of anything that impacts user experience across applications, networks, platforms, devices, access points, and more – connecting backend infrastructure performance to front-end revenue generation and everything in between. Unlike current observability solutions that limit their focus primarily to infrastructure performance metrics, user-centric operational analytics gives you the capability to get a true real-time lens into everything impacting your users’ experience, enabling you to monitor, manage, and optimize their interactions like never before. More than 250 industry leaders – including CBS, CNN, DAZN, HBO Max, Hulu, Red Bull, RTL, Sky, Sling TV, TED, Turner, and Univision – rely on Conviva to drive time-critical decisions at every level of their organization, reducing customer churn, increasing viewer engagement, driving new monetization models, and growing ROI. In 2006, Conviva’s founders sparked a revolution that defined measurement, analytics, and user experience in streaming entertainment. Today, the company continues to push the industry forward and provide the insights and context companies need to thrive in the digital world.
